Support



May 19, 1942. c. E. MURPHY SUPPORT Filed April 24, 1940 INVENTOR.CAa/mer i/V/r Patented May 19, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SUPPORT Ohalmer E. Murphy, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, as signor toPorcelain Steels, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation of OhioApplication April 24, 1940, Serial No. 331,359

3 Claims. (01. 248-450) g This invention relates to supports of theclass known as stands.

The support or stand of my invention maybe used to support a variety ofobjects, but perhaps its most important use is as the stand forsupporting a hot water tank or range boiler and in some aspects thereofwill be illustrated and described in the following as applied to thatuse.

It is desirable that stands of this class be compact and neat in design;and that they admit of being ornamented when that is desirable; and thatthey be of the knock down type of construction whereby the parts thereofmay be packed and transmitted with the minimum of bulk, and be quicklyand easily assembled at the point of use without tools; and that theparts thereof be simple and cheap to manufacture.

It is the primary object of this invention to provide a support or standof the class referred to, embodying in an improved manner andconstruction, the properties and qualities referred to in the foregoing.

Another object is to provide a support of th class referred tocomprising a base and legs therefor, constructed to interlock togetherin an improved manner.

Other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which myinvention appertains.

My invention is fully disclosed in the following description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a side elevational view of a stand embodying my invention, andillustrating in broken lines as an article to be supported thereby, ahot Water tank or range boiler;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the stand of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of a leg element of the stand of Figs.1 and 2, and showing, in cross section, part of a ring element of thestand; and Fig. 3 may be considered as taken from the plane 3 of Fig.

Fig. 4 is a View taken from the right hand side of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the parts of Fig. 4.

Referring now to the drawing I have shown gether, for exampleasindicated at 3, in Fig. 2; and the ri-ngIZ is preferably formed-to lie.in a plane. 7

The leg elements |I may all be alike, and are There is an outer wall 4,top and bottom walls 7 5 and 6, and side walls l'1. The top wall 5 has aperforation 8, and the side walls 1- 7 have notches99 therein, theperforation and the notches constituting an aperture or recess ill inthe top wall 5, in which the ring base '2 is seated; and when, aspreferred, the ring base 2 is of circular configuration, the perforation8 and the notches 9 are formed and disposed to define a circular arcuateaperture or recess [0, as plainly shown in Fig. 5, concentric with thering 2.

In assembling the stand, one of the leg elements l is placed upright ona floor or the like and the ring 2 is laid in the aperture l0; and thenthe other leg elements are disposed'upright with the base ring in theirapertures.

It will be observed that any tendency of a leg element to tip out of thevertical is counteracted by the engagement of the ring 2 with the wallof the aperture I0, and to this end the aperture is made substantiallyof the same shape and size Obviously the shape of the aperture H! andthe cross-sectional shape of the ring 2 may be varied withoutsacrificing the above described interlock between the ring and the legelements, which not only supports the ring on the leg elements but holdsthem in upright position. 7

The ring 2' is preferably flush with the upper side of the top wall 5,but obviously may project thereabove or therebelow. The upper faces ofthe top wall 5 of the leg elements, or the ring 2, or both, may providethe surface upon which the object to be supported rests. In Fig. 1, atH, is indicated in broken line profile, a range boiler or hot water tankresting upon the stand, as illustrative of a characteristic use of thisstand.

Obviously no tools are needed to assemble the stand at the point of use,nor to dis-assemble it for packaging and transporting.

The outer walls 4, or if preferred, also the side walls I of the legelements, may be ornamented welding the abutting end portions thereoftoby forming thereon ornamental designs in the aperture It) need notconform to the configu-- ration of the ring, but has been shown asconforming in this respect because it renders the appearance of thestand as a whole more neat when the ring has been assembled with' thelegs.'

The ring base and the leg elements as ;de-.

scribed above may be plated with nickel or the like, which when they areassembled, together into a stand, gives it the appearance of a unitarystructure.

Y My invention is not limited to the exact details 'of constructionillustrated and described.- Changes and modifications may be made withinthe spirit of my invention without sacrificing its advantages and withinthe scope of the appended claims.

I claim: 7

1. In a stand, a ring element of rectangular cross-section, a pluralityof upright leg elements each having a foot portion at its lower end. and

in the upper wall and notches in the side walls conforming to theconfiguration of corresponding portions of the ring element, the ringelement being seated in the apertures, and the walls of the rectangularsection ring element engaging the walls of the apertures to interlockthe ring element to the leg elements to hold the leg elements in uprightposition.

2. In a stand, a ring element of rectangular cross-section, a pluralityof upright leg elements each having a foot portion at its lower end, anupwardly open aperture in the upper wall portion of the legconforming'to the configuration having side walls and an. upper wall, anaperture of corresponding portions of the ring element, thering elementbeing seated in the apertures, and the walls of the rectangular sectionring element engaging the walls of the apertures to interlock the ringelement to the leg elements to hold the leg elements in uprightposition.

3. In a stand, a plurality of elongated upright legs each having a footportion to rest upon a floor or the like, and each having above the footportion an upwardly-open aperture comprising spaced apart mutuallyconfronting apertured side walls extending upwardly and downwardly, anda generally ring formelement supported by the legs and having acorresponding plurality of ring portions disposable in the aperturesrespectively and the ring portions having a cross sectional form whichinterlocks the ring portions with the said apertured side walls to holdthe legs in upright position.

. CHALMER. E. MURPHY.

